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καπν-ηλός

kapnelos

like smoke

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What it meant

1. καπνηλός · kapnēlos — Beekes

καπνηλός ‘like smoke’ (Nic. Th. 54); 8. καπνιαῖος λίθος ‘smoke-colored quartz’ (PHolm.). Denominative verbs: 1. καπνίζω ‘to smoke, produce smoke, be smoke-colored’ (IL), aor. kamvio(o)a (also with prefix ἀπο-, περι-, bm0-), κάπνισις ‘exposure to smoke’ (Arist.), kamvopa ‘incense’ (AP), καπνιστήριον perhaps ‘steam-bath’ (inscr. Priene); 2. καπνόομαι ‘to vanish into smoke’ (Pi., E.); 3. kamvidw ‘to smoke a bee-hive’ … — [Beekes, s.v. καπνηλός, p. 686]

2. καπν-ηλός · kapn-ēlos — LSJ

smoky

smoky, ὀδμή Nic. Th. 54.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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